Tag: Plexpod at Park 39

Plexpod Westport closing Feb. 29; offices to remain but under new management, branding

By Tommy Felts / February 22, 2024

The spacious classrooms-turned-offices retrofitted for large startup teams at a site once billed as the world’s largest coworking space never regained their pre-pandemic demand, said Gerald Smith, confirming the sudden closing of a Plexpod location that for years epitomized Kansas City innovation culture. “We so wanted Plexpod Westport to be the center of the universe…

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City OKs plan to replace urban farm near Plexpod in Midtown with 100-unit Park 39 apartment project

By Tommy Felts / March 9, 2023

Editor’s note: The following story was originally published by CityScene KC, an online news source focused on Greater Downtown Kansas City. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for the weekly CityScene KC email review. The City Plan Commission narrowly endorsed a planned apartment project that would replace the Cultivate KC urban farm in…

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This $250M bid to revive a Midtown historic landmark adds living spaces to Westport school campus

By Tommy Felts / February 22, 2023

A newly announced development — the largest mixed-use project in Midtown — is expected to bring fresh activity to the vacant hallways of a historic Kansas City school, further anchoring community within a multi-building, street-spanning campus that already includes a Plexpod coworking and events venue. “Once home to students, athletes, and artists, the latest project…

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